Sunday Services: Orthros-8:45 AM, Divine Liturgy-10:00 AM
Weekday Services: Orthros-9:00 AM, Divine Liturgy-10:00 AM
Holy Trinity’s Mission Statement: Proclaim the gospel of Christ to worship and glorify God, by
spreading the teachings of the Greek Orthodox faith, to encourage all members to participate through its ministries, educational programs, and community outreach while serving God, our community and humanity with love.
14TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW
Today's Commemorations: The Miracle at Collosai by the Archangel Michael
Holy Martyr Calodote
Guests
Welcome to our Holy Trinity Parish! Please sign up with the Welcome Committee in the Narthex so we may welcome you to our parish. You are also invited to join us for Fellowship Hour in our social hall, which immediately follows the Divine Liturgy. Please note that Holy Communion is reserved for prepared Orthodox Christians. Non-Orthodox guests are welcome to and encouraged to receive a blessing from the priest during the Communion distribution. They are also welcome to receive the Antidoro (Blessed Bread), which is distributed at the end of the Divine Liturgy.
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS USHERING TODAY:
George Sares - Paul Sieben - Matthew Simko - John Spillson
EPISTLE READERS ARE: English: Susan Sieben Greek: Socrates Papageorgiou
THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: The Proestos Family, in honor of the 23rd Anniversary of the transplant surgeries. May God Continue To Bless Them Always!
THE PROSFORA, The Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful, was offered today by Maria Kopan and Maria Petros. Thank you and God bless you!
THIS WEEK'S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY. Please join us after Church to our Veronie Community Hall for coffee, refreshments and fellowship.
CALLING ALL BAKERS AND HELPING HANDS: This year’s festival is right around the corner! These workshops support our church community, so please come out to help in making this year’s festival another success! Our first workshops of the year have been huge successes! Thanks to everyone who came out and helped! Please see the flyer for details.
Holy Trinity Food Pantry September Update: Hello Holy Trinity! Our pantry continues to provide a huge variety of fresh, canned and frozen food items, as well as hygiene items, to our neighbors. We are feeling so blessed by the continued donations of our parishioners, and we first thank God and also thank all of you. The next pantry will be held on Tuesday, September 29th. We are no longer accepting clothing. This month, our most needed items are canned chicken, crackers, and jelly. If you are available to help on distribution days, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
STEWARDSHIP: We are in the ninth month of our 2026 Campaign! Are you current with your pledge? If not, please do your best to catch up! Please contact the church office with any questions.
Warm Hands to Warm Hearts (WHWH): Question: Who thinks of yarn in the summer? Answer: The members of Warm Hands to Warm Hearts. We hope you will too, especially if you frequent garage, yard, rummage, or estate sales. Remember, clean, bright, colorful 4-ply yarn works best for our needs. Please consider donating a skein or two when you visit our table on Sunday, September 27th, for Ministry Sunday. We would appreciate it! Thank you! Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 1 PM in the AHEPA Room of the Veronie Community Hall. We hope you will, "Join our mix in 2026!" For questions or more information, contact Maria Petros at 419-473-2387 or Elena Perry at 419-265-6275.
ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR: April 11th, April 18th, and May 30th. Cost is $50 for 2 beautiful vases. It’s a great way to show your support in honor or memory of someone and beautify our altar too! Call the Church office if you’re interested.
Upcoming Memorials: September 13th - Panayiota Marangou (40 days); September 20th - Gus Georgakopoulos (1 year)
8:45AM Orthros
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
Office Closed for the Holiday
9:00AM Nativity of the Theotokos Orthros/Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Dance Practice
10:00AM Men's Ministry/AHEPA Souvlaki Skewering
Greek Festival
8:45AM Orthros
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
9:00AM Exaltation of the Holy Cross Orthros/Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Philoptochos Board Meeting
6:00PM Young at Heart
5:00PM Confession
6:00PM Paraklesis
First Day of Choir/Sunday School
8:45AM Orthros
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:00PM Philoptochos General Meeting
September 26, 2026 St. Nicholas - Troy, Michigan
We will be kicking off GOYA at the end of September! Please see the flyer for more details.
Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."
So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
Prokeimenon. Plagal First Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4.
Brethren, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
But I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
14th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 22:2-14
The Lord said this parable, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.' But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.' And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment; and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.' For many are called, but few are chosen."
The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them. But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire area, diverted the waters into an underground course. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means "funnels" in Greek.
Read the latest Diakonia Newsletter for this Sunday
https://bulletinbuilder.org/diakonia-newsletter/2026-09-06?source=bulletin_web
September 6, 2026